On Yunaska Island, in the middle of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, is a Coast Guard weather station, manned this summer by two men and a husky. It's isolated - home base in Anchorage is over a thousand miles away, and the nearest village is 90 miles across open water. But it's paradise to some for a variety of reasons, including the ability to practise the science they're there for, and the benefits of the job such as copious time off after a shift on the island for more pleasurable past-times.

An odd sound pervades the air, thought at first to be an approaching thunderstorm - but when he hears a cry out outside, one of the scientists goes out to find the husky seriously ill. Then suddenly both men are having their own problems breathing and staying upright.

A nearby CDC team are also having similar problems as the wave of death reaches them...

The NUMA vessel Deep Endeavour is also in the area, with the young Dirk Pitt aboard, and the adventure starts as they try to work out what on earth killed two mena and almost killed three others, and stop it from happening again. The only clue is an unmarked fishing vessel seen leaving the area.

Ignore the fact that this is the 18th book in the Numa Files series - it doesn't matter, it stands up fine on its own as a rollicking great read. I have yet to dislike a book written by Clive Cussler!